Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2012, 4:43 PM EDT for Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2012, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:43 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Nw Linlithgo Mills, NY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
680 WUUS51 KALY 232043 SVRALY CTC005-MAC003-NYC021-027-232145- /O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0069.120723T2043Z-120723T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 443 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... SOUTHWESTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAVERACK...OR NEAR HUDSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COPAKE BY 505 PM EDT... PINE PLAINS BY 510 PM EDT... MILLBROOK BY 520 PM EDT... MILLERTON AND SHEFFIELD BY 525 PM EDT... ASHLEY FALLS AND AMENIA BY 530 PM EDT... FALLS VILLAGE...CANAAN AND EDDY FIELD BY 535 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV. && LAT...LON 4203 7317 4166 7378 4209 7393 4234 7370 TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 306DEG 23KT 4218 7372 $$ KL
1 follow-up statement
043
WWUS51 KALY 232115
SVSALY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
515 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012
CTC005-MAC003-NYC021-027-232145-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120723T2145Z/
LITCHFIELD CT-BERKSHIRE MA-DUTCHESS NY-COLUMBIA NY-
515 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN COLUMBIA...NORTHEASTERN DUTCHESS...SOUTHWESTERN
BERKSHIRE AND NORTHWESTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EAST HILLSDALE TO COPAKE
FALLS TO ANCRAM TO GALLATINVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES WEST OF GREAT BARRINGTON TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT
BARRINGTON TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUDSON TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RHINEBECK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTH EGREMONT...MARKET...WHITEHOUSE CROSSING AND HAMMERTOWN BY 520
PM EDT...
WILLOW BROOK...STISSING...MCINTYRE AND HIBERNIA BY 525 PM EDT...
SHEFFIELD AND WASHINGTON HOLLOW BY 530 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR
ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.
LAT...LON 4210 7383 4227 7358 4203 7317 4168 7375
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 313DEG 25KT 4216 7346 4210 7349
4205 7358 4201 7364
$$
KLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 3:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 23 min |
| Jul 23, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 41 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 13 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.